Loading device.



No. 808,857. PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905. B. A. FOUST. LOADING DEVICE.APPLICATION FILED JAN 14 1900 Wi messes {SB ZZZZJ'ZZ Inventor.

UNITED STATE S PATENT OFFIGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed January 14, 1905. Serial No. 241,065.

citizen of the United States,residing at Meadville, in the county ofCrawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented-a new and use fulLoading Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to loading devlces; and it has among its objectsto simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class ofdevices.

The present invention has special reference to devices for loadingshocksof cornupon a movable platform or vehicle; and it consists morepartlcularly in certain improve- 111611138 in the construction of suchvehicle or movable platform.

The invention further consists in certain improvements in the hoistingmechanism,

the power for which is derived from one of the supporting-wheels of thevehicle.

The invention further consists in the im proved construction and novelarrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of embodiment of the invention, it being, however, understood thatno limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural detailstherein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes,alterations, and modifications to which recourse may be had with in thescope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificingthe efficiency of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructedin accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the powerwheel.

Oorresponding parts in both the figures are indicated by like charactersof reference.

The movable platform of the device consists of a bed or platform 1,supported upon an ordinary running-gear including front and rear axles 23, front and rear wheels 4 5, and connecting members such as are usuallyemployed in a running-gear, but which do not need to be particularlydescribed, as they do not form a part of the present invention.

At the front and rear ends of the platform 1 are supported pairs ofupwardly-extending inclined converging uprights 6 6 and 7 7, the upperends of whichsupport alongitudinally nected therewith a trip-rope 17.

disposed track-beam 8, the ends of which are extended beyond theuprights 6 7 and are connected with said uprights by obliquelydisposedbraces 9. The track-beam 8 supports a carrier including a frame 9 and aroller 10, which travels upon the upper side of the track-beam. Saidcarrier supports a trip-pulley 11, over which passes a flexible hoistingelement, such as a rope or cable 12. The member, which is brieflydesignated as a trip-pulley, includes a supporting member 13,terminating atits lower end in a brake member 14 and a pivoted member15,carrying a sheave 16, said pivoted member having con- The hoistingelement may pass freely over the sheave in one direction, but isrestrained from passage in the opposite direction by the brake member 14unless the swinging sheavecarrying member is tripped or tilted, thusreleasing the hoisting element from contact with the brake member.

One end of the hoisting element carries a hook 18, in which is journaleda small sheave or pulley 19, whereby the said hoisting element may bereadilylooped or noosed around a shock of corn or other object to behoisted onto the platform. The opposite end of the hoisting element isguided through an opening 20 in the bed or platform, adjacent to whichis mounted a guide-pulley 21, whereby abrasion of the hoisting elementis prevented.

One of the wheels of the running-gear, preferably one of the hind wheels5, is provided with a grooved band or drum 22, having an annular flange23 for the passage of hook-bolts 24, whereby it is detachably mountedupon the spokes of the wheel, said drum being preferably in a positionwith its periphery in close proximity to the opening 21 in the platform,so that the end of the hoisting element passing through said opening maybe readily wound upon the drum, as indicated in Fig. 1. Said drum isprovided in the face thereof with an annular V-shaped groove 25, whichis formed, preferably, near the outer edge of said drum, the innerportion of the face of which is sloped, as at 27, in the direction ofsaid V-shaped groove. The latter is for the reception of a portion ofthe cable or flexible hoisting element 12, which passes through theaperture 20, as above set forth, said cable being wound or hitchedaround the drum, the V-shaped groove of which is adapted to frictionallyengage the cable. The free end of the latter passes over a guide-pulley28, suitably supported under the rear end of the rack or platform at asuitable elevation to support the free end of the hoisting element inthe desired contact with the friction-drum.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed. The device is propelled in the usual manner bydraftanimals or by power of any description. When a point has beenreached where a load is to be taken on, the device is stopped while oneend of the hoisting element is looped around the object to be hoisted.The hoisting element is then drawn taut, and when the device ispropelled the free end thereof is pulled by manual force, thus causingsaid hoisting element to be wound around the drum, and the objectconnected therewith will be hoisted to the desired elevation,where it isretained by the brake member forming a part of the trip-pulley. Thecarrier is then guided to the vicinity of the point where it is desiredto deposit the load, which latter is then dropped into position bytripping the pulley.

This device or apparatus while particularly designed for the purpose ofloading cornshocks and the like in the field is by no means limited tothis particular use, but may be successfully employed for a variety ofpurposes, and the right is specially reserved to such modifications ofthe structure with a view of adapting it to special purposes, as may bewithin the scope of the skilled mechanic.

The device is extremely simple in construction and very inexpensive. Infact, the bed or platform, with its elevated track, carrier, andhoisting element and the hoisting-drum, may be readily applied to anyrunning-gear of ordinary construction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, the combination with a running-gear, of a bed orplatform, an elevated track supported thereby, a carrier upon saidelevated track, a trippulley supported by said carrier, a hoistingelement guided over the tri pulley and through an aperture in the patform, and a hoisting-drum connected with the outer face of a hindwheel of the running-gear; said hoisting element having a free endhitched around the hoisting-drum.

2. In a hoisting device, the'combination with awheel-supportedrunninggear, of abed or platform, converging uprights upon saidplatform, a track supported by said uprights, and hoisting mechanismincluding a trippulley, a drum connected with one of the wheels of therunning-gear, and a hoisting element hitched around the drum and havingone free end and the other end guided over the trippulley.

3. A loading device including a runninggear, a drum connected with oneof the wheels of the running-gear, a suitably-supported elevated track,a trip pulley suspended from and movable with relation to said track,and a hoisting element guided over the trip-pulley,provided at one endwith a hook and having its other end disposed adjacent to and adapted tobe looped around the windingdrum.

4. A loading device consisting of an equipment to be used inconnectionwith a runninggear, said equipment including a bed orplatform, an elevated track supported above the same, a carrier movableupon said track and having a trip-pulley, a hoisting element engagingsaid trippulley and guided through an aperture in the platform, aguide-pulley in said aperture, a drum, and means for attaching said drumto a transporting-wheel of a running-gear; said. hoisting element havinga loop engaging the drum and a free end extending from said loop.

5. In a device of the class described, a running-gear, a track supportedthereby, a pulley upon said track, a hoisting element passing over saidpulley,and a winding-drum for said hoisting element connected with awheel of the running-gear said winding-drum having a groove near theouter edge of its face, the inner portion of the face being sloping inthe direction of said groove.

6. In a device of the class described, a running-gear, a track supportedthereby, a pulley upon said track, a hoisting element passing over saidpulley, a windingdrum for said hoisting element connected with a wheelof the running-gear, and a suitably-supported guidepulley for the freeend of the hoisting element; said hoisting element being looped aroundithe drum prior to passing over said guide-pul- 7. In a device of theclass described, a running-gear, a pulley suitably supported above saidrunning-gear, a hoisting element passing over the pulley, a drumconnected with a wheel of the running-gear and having a V- shaped groovefor the reception of a loop of the hoisting element, and guiding meansfor the latter adjacent to opposite sides of thewinding-drum one of saidguiding means supporting a free end of the hoisting element.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BARRETT A. FOUST.

Witnesses:

J. WILsON FoUs'r, A. D. REYNOLDS.

